Lydia Williams, 44, lives with her husband Chris, 50, and their two children, Amelie, 14, and Arlo, 11. Every day, Amelie would come bursting through the front door, full of energy. Her life was a bus

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Sitting beside the hospital bed where my 15-year-old daughter Leoni lay, I clutched her hand. ‘It’s cancer,’ I said, fighting back tears. Seeing her bewildered face staring back at me, my heart broke.

Donia tried to lift her confidence after a terrifying diagnosis. Then she realised her fatal mistake…

My girl’s love of bumblebees helped her through a hard time

While my hero was losing his fight, I had a battle of my own